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Sir Keir Starmer vs Kirsty Blackman

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sir Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer
Lab Holborn and St Pancras
vs
Photograph of Kirsty Blackman
Kirsty Blackman
SNP Aberdeen North

Voting alignment

Sir Keir Starmer and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 622 shared comparable votes.

601 same votes 21 different votes 622 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
20 Aye 36 No
Migration 100% aligned 56 shared votes
20 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 12 No
Benefits 81% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 92% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

38.4 %
35 % below average
Rank 633 of 647
Participation
56.5 %
17 % below average
Rank 598 of 647
893
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,323 eligible divisions
545
61.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
348
39.0 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
2
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

44
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 647
Appearances
93
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 647
1,405
+1291.2 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 647
Contributions
211
+97.2 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,930,144
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£232,065
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
15
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
161 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Trade
51 of 88 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
25 of 45 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
37 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Transport
42 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Finance Bill: Second Reading 27 Nov 2024
Tax
No
No
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading 10 Feb 2025
Migration
No
No
That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 10B 15 Apr 2024
No
No
That this House insists on its disagreement with the Lords in their Amendment 9 but proposes Amendment (a) in lieu 15 Apr 2024
No
No
That this House disagrees with the Lords in ther Amendment 7B 15 Apr 2024
No
No
That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 6B 15 Apr 2024
No
No
Rwanda Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 3B and 3C 15 Apr 2024
No
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